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Multidisciplinary design studio Frama tried to emulate a relaxed neighbourhood atmosphere inside this Beirut concept store, which features limewashed surfaces and simple concrete fixtures. Read more View the full article

British studio Jonathan Tuckey Design has added skeletal partitions and skylights to bring more light into this renovated west London mews house. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian firm Refin are launching a collection of patterned ceramic tiles with graphic design studio FM Milan at the Cersaie 2012 design event in Bologna this week. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian tile manufacturer Refin has launched its latest collection of porcelain tiles in London and Bologna. (more...) View the full article

London Design Festival: designer Stuart Haygarth has installed picture-frame offcuts in stripes either side of a marble staircase at the Victoria & Albert Museum for the London Design Festival. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A glass box framed by a chunky concrete structure hosts a lounge at this pool house designed by Belgian architect Steven Vandenborre for a home in Bruges. Read more View the full article

Three thin layers of wood have been overlaid to create this boxy bookcase by Dutch designer Gerard de Hoop. (more…) View the full article

Creative agency Framlab has proposed building modular vertical farms in Brooklyn to provide low-income neighbourhoods with access to fresh produce. Read more View the full article

An extruded T-shaped roof that is also a walkway covers a glazed box in this dramatic house designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos in Valencia, Spain. Read more

Sportswear brand Nike have launched the new away kit for France’s national football team, based on the Breton stripe. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A collection of 30 dinner plates designed by Albert Schrurs of Allegory combine to create a map of France showing the location of the country’s Michelin-starred restaurants. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

France has revealed plans to make all the country's vehicles carbon-neutral, with the announcement that it will ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040. Read more View the full article

France is planning an architectural competition to design a replacement spire for Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, after the old one collapsed during the fire. Read more

Architecture firm ANMA has completed a new Paris headquarters for France's Department of Defence, featuring a faceted roofscape that extends to the ground around the entrance (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Spanish designer Francesc Rifé has created a distinctive interior for a shoe store in Mallorca, using shades of soft pink and pale grey. Read more View the full article

The dark walls of this house in Mexico City were designed by Spanish practice Francesc Rifé Studio to conceal outdoor areas from the street. Read more View the full article

Spanish firm Francesc Rifé Studio has chosen a minimal grey palette to decorate Colombian airline Avianca's lounges at Bogotá airport. Read more View the full article

Francesca Gotti has hidden fragrances within seemingly impenetrable concrete-like blocks for Italian perfumer oneofthose. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Film director Francesca Molteni has created a movie for Ceramics of Italy that spotlights the story of Italian ceramics. Read more

A plywood-lined staircase, red-steel beams and exposed-brick surfaces appear throughout this maisonette in west London, which has been overhauled by Francesco Pierazzi Architects. Read more View the full article

Sculptural bees nests encased in transparent boxes are the focal point of Simone Rocha's new store that has opened in Hong Kong. Read more

Designer Francis Bitonti worked with students to design and 3D-print this delicate dress using clear and flexible filaments. (more...) View the full article

Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (FJMT), the architect behind the 2013 World Building of the Year, has overhauled the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery by transforming an old courtyard into a gallery and framing a new public square (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A 101-metre slide winds down through this coiling structure by Fránek Architects, perched on a mountain in the Czech Republic (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Frank Gehry has perched a stack of sweeping glass sails atop a cube of white stone for Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul, with interiors by architect Peter Marino. Read more View the full article